Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Have you heard of "baby legs?" Basically they are leg warmers for babies. I wish I knew of these when my boys were infants. They would have made diaper changing easy since I wouldn't have had to pull off pants to get to the diaper.Stores sell baby legs for $12 a piece, but if you've got a sewing machine, you can make them with $3 knee-high socks bought at Wal-Mart or Target. I found a tutorial to make them online, but I thought it was confusing, so I thought I'd share my own.

1. Cut the foot part off a knee-high sock.2. Cut the toe and heel off of the foot part of the sock. This tube will become the baby leg cuff.

3. Fold the tube of fabric in half with the wrong sides together.

4. Insert the sock into the cuff so that all the right sides are facing out. Sew these three layers together and trim the seam.7. Turn the cuff down, and voila! Here is your baby leg.

These tubes of fabric could also be used has "arm warmers" on a toddler, or even fingerless gloves for an adult. So my Thrifty Green Thursday tip is stock up on cheap socks and make some baby legs/arm warmers/fingerless gloves as gifts.

13 comments:

What a fabulous idea! I saw these only after my son had grown beyond them but was a bit hesitant because of cost. Now with your tip it won't even be a factor! I have yet to buy a sewing machine but so many of the creative TGT posts have required one that I've been checking Craigslist on a daily basis. Thanks so much for the insightful tip and for joining us this week for Thrifty Green Thursday!

Brilliant! That's funny that Joy's son has already grown beyond baby legs, as he's seven months younger than my daughter, who still has room to grow in hers! (She has a pair that I bought her for her second b-day last January.) My mom tried knitting Audrey baby legs, but they are really just like leg warmers (i.e., slouchy). Sewing them out of socks makes a lot of sense. Great tip!

Oh, I love it! Now...if only I could sew. Truth me told, I did (when I was really into arm warmers for a while) use long socks and Fray Block to make my own arm warmers. Way cheaper than what they wanted in stores like Hot Topic!